The Sun. — London, England, 1809-02-27 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, Fad. 25.—Passed by this "Oft, yes terday tt, the Eastward a large Fleet of Vessels from Waterford, consisting of about 60 Sai!,, under con voy of the Espiegle Sloop of War,.Capt. MORRIS. Arrived His Majesty's Ship Dolphin, of 44 guns, Capt. WATSON, from Portsmouth ; she has Trona au board : her destination is said to be the West Indies. Arrived the Camel, Capt. GUARD, from Malaga and Gibraltar, laden with wine and fruit; left the former place the 4th of 'January, and the latter the 3 d inst. in company with about 00 Sail, under eon riroy of the Afflive Frigate, Cdpi: Goabot4,"all bound to England. The Cametput in here for orders, and . and also to refit, having received damage in' t gale of wind. Arrived twelve Sail of Transports from Ports- I • ttouth ; Sch,oner Mary,,CRAWFORD, of and from Waterford, Web with provisions for this port ; Sally, JARVIS, Item Dartmouth, with malt; Siert, CoATtt, frbth London; and Kingsbridge, PRPPER ALL, from liirtmouth, with sundries ; Lark, JAR %Is, from DartmoAi,.with barley ; and Aid, TROT TBR, froth Newcwille, with sundries. Sailed the Foxhound SlOop of War, Capt.9REENR, with a convoy to the Westward. • The Camel, Capt. GUARD, which is arrived here frOtt Gibialtar, brings an account of the arrival there, on the 3LI instant, of His Majesty's Ship Butivarh, of 74 guns, Hon. C. E. 'FLE,NuNo ; and Woolwich, Store-shiii, Capt. BEAupota. . 'Arrived the Eme/yn, EVANS, from Limerick, laden with pro ,, i4ions, for this port ; and the Black Joke Luger, Lieutenant CANNADEY, from 'Torbay, which pia& she left yesterday morn- jog ; at that time the Channel Fleet, under the command of Admiral Lord GAMBIER, were not there, hot report stated that they are gpne in, quest of the Brest Fleet, which are said to have put to sea. Arrived the Bresey, CAINES (Tender), from Liverpool, with impresSed men ; also arrived in the morning, and sailed soon after, the Lyra Brig, Lieut. BEVIANS, supposed to be gone in quest of the Channel F:eet. Put back the Foxhound Sloop of War, Captaih GREENE. &dud the 44rgus Sloop of War and Entreprenunt Cutter to the Westward,_and the John Bull Cutter for Lisbon. Caine down the Harbour, and anchored in the Sound, his Majesty's Shi p S J ama i ca, of 24 glans, Lysikonr ; and the Diana, of . 38 guns, Captain GI, AN-. licitiatti in c aw „ rid Bay the Tonndnt, o f 80 guns, and the Implacalle, of 74 gnns. Remain in the Sotirki th e Pallas, 'Thetis, Mi nerva, Jamaica, anti Diana Frigates ; the i l ledl" ator, buiphin Store Ships ; and Foxhound Sloop of \Var. Sailed the Prussian Brig Miry, BORGEW, for Oporto. [ANOTHER LETTER, SAME DATE.] The Aledwcv Frigate, which sailed from Fal 7 mouth on4:Saturday last, went Into, Brest Harbour on Wednesday to reconnoitre, and found the French Squadron missing ; she immediately went in quest of tae Channel Fleet, which was not to be met with. The probability therefore is; thatlord :GAN. msft, having received prior information, had gone in : • quest of the enemy's. squadron, which report: states to consist of ten sail of the line. The British Squadron consists of seven sail, five of which are three-deckers. The Lyra, Capt. BEVIANi, immediately dispatched' with the information, and arrived:here yesterday. Various,rumours are in circulation as to the enc. my'sdestination ; by some it' is imagined that they are going for Cadiz, Mindrca, or Majorca ; others imagine, and with 'More probability, that they are bound to the West Indies. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 2G.-..Arrived the Racoon,- Wgteß, with information from off Lshant,' "tut the Brest Fleet had put to sea s and the United A'zil i c lo ' nt * East-lndiarnan, Capt. - D'Errettaz, from the D o 'i„ ns, toe St,Helena and Bengal, With - 50 oU o utward-bound * Ships and Coasters Irani the Downs. . Carne into Harbour the datelope, of 60 guns, and La Loire Frigate. 1) BAL, FRB. 26.—Sailed through the Downs the SPanish Pat, iat, Du RREL, for Cadiz; Mena, IC P for Malta ; and Orion, GRAVES, for Surinani. Sailed'His Majesty's Ships Zenobia for Siicenws, anti Cieroke4 air a cruize. FALMOUTH, FEB. 24.—Arrived the Mike of Kent Packet, Capt. COATSWORTII. She sailed if= hence the 20th inst. with Mails for the Mediterranean, belt soon after her departure they found the rudder 't damaged, and in consequence fired guns of distress, when the Princess Eliialeth Packet Caine to their :;sssistance, took out the Mail, and.proceeded with it. Sailed the Monier armed •541ip , with a Fleet of Trangports for Ports.nouth ; Sir Sidney Smith, Corby, for Hayti Susannah, BUTCH us, fur 13iir badoes ; and Lord allinBwood, CAUP3ELL, fur Madeira. Arri*d the Fly, SAMPSON, and Daniel, 1 !NITER, from Cork ; Pine, MARTIN, and Deaduna, RosK RUGE, from Lisbon, tk join convoy ; ilenry, 10bN KIN, from Madeira, two months passage, for Loh 'don ; arid the Brig Adamant, ALLEN, frotn Ply. mouth, • Sailed. the Hopewell, QUICK, for Bristel ; and his Majesty's Ship Sybil le, for Spain. The outward.bound Lisbon Fleet passed this Pert yesterday morning. SHEERNESS, FEB. e6.—Sailed the Oberon for the Downs,, and Pincher Gun-brig from Yarmotu h. Capt. THOMPSON, of the Minotaur,. is appointed 11' to the Perlin, and Capt. SOMbIERVILLE; of the Nemesis, to the Rota, both Danish Frigates, at Chatham. Sailed-his Majesty's Devastation to Woolwich. The Rose Sloop of War will sail on Tuesday tqr Gottenburgh. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. To the Polyphemus, for the Capture of. the Dutch Ship Overyssel, on the 14th inst. at. No. tti, Clement's-Inn ; and every Tuesday and Friday for three years at the sarne To the Daphne for the Capture often Danish Vessels (in company with the Tartarus and Forward Gun-bng),... an board at Sheerness, on the 1.01 inst. and every Tuesday and Friday for three Months, at No. 18, Clement's- Inn. To the Orpheus, for the Capture 61 the Hannah Emilia, .on the 14th inst, at No. Is, Clement's-Inn, and every Tues day and Friday for three months. , • To,the Princess Charlotte, tar the Capture of the French 'Privateer Regulus, alias Regulateur, on thy. 14th inst. at No: 3, Philpot-lane, and every Tuesday and Friday at the same place, , To the Gun-brig Linnet, for the Capture of the Fnudroy ant French Lugger Privateer, en the Linnet's arriva . lin-POrt, at No. 2.8. tligk-street„ Ports Mouth, and every Monday and Thursday' atter at the sanie placc.• To his Majesty's Ship Ariadne for the Re-capture of the Mary Ann and .iscres (tlle Agressor ih company 1, And for the Capture of the Danish Privateer Vijakki, the halting Dogger longe Frars, the ) onge Henrick, and Iter Wilhelm, on board the Ariadne, on the :ad inst. at Sheerness, and at iziwarcts to No. Is, Throginurion-street. A letter from Argyleshire, of the 7th instant, says Thi s county has lately been visited with very dreadful shocks of earthquakes. The tir,t of these came on upon, .t e :3ls t ult. between 10 and II o'clock in the' forenoon, with a terrible crash ing twice, exa6tly reseMbling that o c ca s io ne d by the firing of a 40-round 'cannon, and fully as in .statitiOu.ous ; but , being- re-echoed- from the. adja- Cent hills, with the most tremendous voetteratious, it • 'continued for some seconds. The shcick was accom psnied. with an exceeding violent and tremendous kind of noise. Flow it affected the earth I could not learn, as I was in my room at the time; but it shook all the houses from the very tniiin!at Th e peoplohere, in their different - apartments, in the greatest trepidation, and apprehensive of intme diate destruLtiou, rushed together to g ve nit:anal comfort in their - common; danger. All the bells . r were set ringing, the doors a creaking upon their , hinges, the tables and chairs .krat ding ;; the cattle attempted to break louse froth -their stalls, and those in the open fields ran tnrionsty wild. In one gentle- ' man's house, a part of the pi,4tister was" broke down ; and in the immediate neighbourhood two houses, formerly in a tottering condition, were entirely chi mashed. I hare heard of no other injury commit ted. Before the shack the weather was mild, and the air temperate, with "sunshine ; at the time- of the shock it. wits, a•perfect calm, and for several hours after it. This first Was•folloWed by a second, a third, and a.fourth shock; with,the interruption of a few hours between them ; and scarce a day has since passed %vithout several being sensibly telt, whiah, though not . :so fearful, are yet extremely alarming. Such operatiolis by the hand of Omni potence. are well calculated to overawe the mind, and to impress it with devout and reverential senti tnents.'' AttASAIG, FEB. 5•.—A shock of an earthquake was very distin6tly felt over part of the Highlands of .Scotland, on ,Tuesday And Wednesday last. kyles felt on Tuesday preityseverely at Moidart, particu larly at Dalelea and Kenlochinoidart,' about „ten o'clock at night, when considerable disturbance : took .place ; as the, plates; glasses, Ste. ,were very ; much agitated. In .Araktig it was felt, but not so Severely, on Wednesday, about the same hour. For several.. night before the shock, constderablei noises were heard, which astonished the people very, mud), and, as such a circumstance never was till now known in the country, considerable alartn.has been created, more particularly as'the Coast and lulls are so bold in AThidart that another shock may con• aidcrably damage the house.. in the %lilies, many of, which are placed immediately below very loose tucks.' On both t lie days the 'weather - wasfas warm aiiza the months of June or July. • Friday being the Duke of CANIIVIIDGE' 3I "O" - d a y , : way ()Waved and kept by their M4stss3l4 , l: and the . Royal Family at .'incisor.- His Royal i lliglmeis completed his 35th yeAr. • The Loitp MAVO/L Will 1101C1 Court of Common Council on Thursday next, at twelve o'clock, to le -ceive a Report respeating Market and 'to consider Oa MotiOn trt Tfial t k i to Sir A...WEL LESLEY, and a sword of 200 guineas value, forjiii ConduCt it Portugal to 'Consider of a Moiain of a similar naturelo'Sir DAv'criliAiltn, and tl.e officer:l and hien, for their conduct at Coruntia'• and toitp point Committees for the year ensuing. Thursday the Lords of the Council :met at the Couneil Chamber, 'Whitehall, which was aticulcd by tilt: Lorin Frt4sthatvr, the MAsTua of the li;ALs; the JUDGE' of .the AncuraXi.Ty, Sir Wit-. Wyst.ial and Sir 3. Nictuitt,s, when a question respecting the Danish Loans in the West Indies was argited, at considerable length by the ATTbiINEY-Gs:;FAAL and the JUDGE ADVOCAre Ott one side; and Mess DALLAS and .SI`EPHENS on the other. The Court adjourned till next Tuesday. . • • Died, on Friday the 24th .of this month, Mrs. FALItIVIEtt, Of Queen -street, Ntlyt,i;r, eldest, daughter of Alia late WILLIAM FAL''44UII:3, Estl, Stratton-street, Piccadilly I I • • The account which we gave au.v.Siturclay.laSt, of - the Melancholy fate oft his inagn i!it;r:t t struClure„, was so full and . corre6, that,we to add to the melancholy intviligence„ Alrt. Jot:DA/4'i property in th►c Theatrethardly.amounted to the value of forty pounds, and most of it was preserVed. Mr. Rus sut.r.,, the a6tor, was very, atiive inendeaiouring to save the property, and was nearly tolt.in tipctiring an iron chest, which •he brought away. The maid servant of Mrs.. Cuyi.v.a, the actress, resolutely explored tier way to one Of the dressing-rooths, ,and safely returned with some articles belopging.to her. Mistress.! Papers and documents respeaing the Theatre were the chief articles sew►'ed. It is still doubtful where the fire began, a n d it is said, indeed, that it appeared in several places* at the same time. The general report is, that it began, as we before stated, in a wock7room over the Saloon, behind the back tier of - front boxes. Some positively state, , that it first appeared in the two shilling gallery, and others, that it broke out in what' is called th,t Chinese saloon, at the back of the pit, where some shops were'prepar .ing for • vending' , fruit, confectionary, trinkets, &c But among the absurd reports in circulation,, it is said, that it -was set on fire by the Methodists,.be r Cause several persons in the 'et - Ovid said, " there goes one of ,Belutub's :Muses, the Devil's Detli and other phrases of the .same kind ; but alarming as the prevalence of Alethod:istir at present is mail parts or the, kingdom, it would be shocking indeed rct su‘pect them of such flagitious enormity. But one of the most curious ,reports is one stating that woman, wholly unknown to every body i 1 the Theatre, was seen in all parts of it, where it was p_ossiide to . venture; ,that she displayed great per lurbation in her manner, and was observed to ex- . -tint,uish the candles, which sore persons had placed . in. the pass a ges in order:to guide them ti in their return, after, they had endeavoured to save. some of the property. The general 'coritUsion and regard to individual sAh•ty, prevented any person from tracing the steps of this worritin; and securing her, and she vanished in a manner as my sterions'as her entrance and her concldv.t. •• • It is - somewhat singular that . the Baker's shop in Drury Lane, which Was immediately eotineded with ,the houses -, oelonging to the TheAtre, through which the performers entered, - a►nd the tisitars to the pri 'vote boxes,on one side, and to the neW scene-room on, the other, has!received no 'injury, and the busi ness was as usual . carried on"ott .Satosday: The great source of consolatitm is that the cala mity did riot happen on a night of performance, for in that case thousands must hav e fallen victims to a tire so rapid in its course, anti so extensive in its ope ration; • • • / • . 1 1 1 01,10 E. ntlW-STRERT.- . -On Friday night, as Mr. PokA ell, the Pet - former, of Drury-lane Tueatrc, was standing in COvent-garden, viewing the cOnilagration of the Theatre, a wotrAh-neAr him solicited him very strongly to give her swine money PoWell gave Iftr• a hhilling, and immediately- .a her missed .his gold vcatvit and seals he suspearkl the woman- bad picked hi rocket, pursued her, and hii watch was tound in lier right-hand under hec,;cioatlis. She was secured, and nit Saturdartlio . rtrass examined, Letbre Mr. th:An, coninitttd far friat. Extraa of a Leiter from Maiitrcal,.rfittA 6th of Decembek,.i Bos :—" Our tra year has bean very brisk ; our wheat crop ! very good, and as additional mills are estali;i:+ol , i,T I have no doubt. but we shall have frown ,!..; to one himdred thou sand barrels of flOur vare rt,r the West Indies ne*t season, and sieieney . of timber for them, could it be ascert •A::.1 for a certainty that the Ame richns would not permitted to trade to the Islands, • the uncertainty or which has prevented supplies going this year. " Our exports this year have howekr exceeded one minion sterling, and 4Q ship load's of timber remain for want of vessels to carry it away. A gmtt quantity of wood will be cut this winter, so that we shall be able to furnish a tolerable supply, should matters not be settled in the Nona of Europe." Dr. ANDREM GRANT'S Account of 'Brazil,, will appear in a few days. It contains, we understand, much important information, ••collettc4. during,' a long residence in that-country. Saturday night, a latigoing with four pounds worth of copper money-trom n tradesman in the Strand; to be deliyeked: to a house in Smithfield, way accosted by two men in Welt-street, who, under pretence of kindness' to ease him of his load, rook the bag from 14nn, went :1 short distance with him,: and then ran away with it. • SMITIM ELL) MA Fics: 27. This day's market was amply supplied with prime _beasts,,and the skew' of cattle itt general was very good r-Beef is obeiper than our last report; Mutton and Pork ate defier; Veal vld at last . price, and the' ;trade for the , most. part %Vas tolerably brisk. The sales in the Hay msrket were somrw hat li v ely Hay, Straw, and Clover fe!chevl I.lst ptices.--The follow. irig prices nod number ;Ire accurate statenteut : To hink the (Mal co:r Stone of 81b. Beef 4s. 4d. to 0; &I , A:toti 4s Rd, tty bs. .0• IDd. to 7s, od.-I.attiiros. O ct. ps cut.-1 ) . tk 4,, I‘4l. Os. SO. g 2,2oo.—Sheep, 17,000. CJIVeS, Ito. —eigs, 215. llav Si. Its oil, to hi, u . .. ? 4,41 Ciovrt hi, rss. yd, to 71. Is , . c.d.—Straw r4s. crit. to 21. AI. 6 , . COIIN-E}CIIANGE, FEB'. 97..—There are ciinsi cleiable fresh , tirrivtili of Wheat to-day, and sales , ihereorinaitittliii "(tot pricks; Barley in large supply, aiLl keepi us pr,ice ; INftili in pkiity, and a ;ride lower ; Beans of, the two kind, rather dearer ;' al though there-are large-arrivals of O ats,•'owing to a , , , great cletotind, this tyace stApports . la , st currency ;, Floar hardly at-last prjcel. i; 1.14 sm 1 wbcot 6 . 4, a yBi a tit;tla4J ::.c. , —cansl..ewisos a's2s od, fiiii ditto . 94: a 91a url oo t i. , . 304 a+A a 4 is-0,1 tt)t: - . 63. i uds ad Polaild ditto ' 44$ 3 46s 0 , 1, Barley . . 43s A 49:: ;34 1 i'Qtmor, -. , -- s a 47$ ad alt . . 7...t._,a pi. ‘4l 1 1t.41 Ste . d .p 1 a 561 ---- rod i Wfirfrretir'll/ . . i 3471 Cd lini il , aur SO a SS* a gas ad tirey ditto '- ' sl. a jii cd. Ifyindt ' . . sos 3 tss ed . • ~ SPANISH OFFICIAL G.I2,ETT7:g. .• SEVILLB;JAN. 23.--The following advice* from Saragossa have been published by authority : . • • " On' the 21st, at :day-break, the ene.ny's co ' lumns made their appearance on the lteigl:ts vse,it ere - amend Mount Torrero and the battery of Puena Vi-ta, at the same time that two strong columns of infantry end cavalry were advancing to attack us on our left by way of Sawa° de la Muerte and Care tuja et: la Conception.': By the bridge- of Welt, which is on 'our right, they made a desperate tack on the Cusa . Blanca, and succeeded in geeing posseSsion of it. The - batterrof Buena Vista l; irg thin turned, and the powder magazine having 1, en bloWn up by a shell falling upon it, the artillery t. as withdrawn toaccupy another position, and our peeple set fire to the bridge of Atneride, which had been previously prepared Wit hjfvardes. Tilig prevented the French cavalry from following them on their retreat,. which they continued until the whole of the troops got into the redoubt of the Pillar, ai the head of the bridge of flambe. Theenemy did tint eve thorn mech time for prepartio n , but the instant they came within gun-shot' they were repulsed. This retreat createdneitherdisorder ne t . conf us i on among the troops, !for every aperienced.soldier knew that the post of Torrero was not tenable against the su perior force of the enemy. " The same day, at noon, seven coluinns of the enernyi infantry, with a large body of cavalry, and a considerable train of artillety, advanced to invest the suburb on the other. side of the riVer. Their picquets commenced tiring upon ours; and a general attack was expeoled every moment a " Our Captain-General appointed Brigadier Don Josef Menu), Captain in'the Royal Spanish Guards, to take charge of that most important point- ; and . this Otßeer disposed his tro o p s with spelt precision, gallantry, and skill, that be sustained the hottest tare on the part of the enemy upwards or five hem. The Colonel of Artillery, Don Manuel V:11,1sco, kept up a most terrific and I.vell-direeted fire from the three batteries that were at tackee, Ihe enemy - fell back -a little., in consequence of the letvock made. among their columns, and prepared the way second attack with their body of reserve, who were spectators of the whole of the attioni and who now advanced to the charge with inexpressible inivin osity. The only result, W ever, w:th to threw.our troops into disorder for a sh o r t -ri m e ; a eirenneemce by no means surprising in r a w troup-exposed to uncommon a ke, and weries-,hig the dartnel tits' Ct of the - enemy's hoeiteer hag. But ohr Gee e t), acconipapied by LieUtenent-General Jaan and Field-Maral" Juan Felipe Sant Mare, r into the Midst of them, sworj in band, and,exerting all the energy, valour, and se.verity; weien (he t.-ei• get-icy : orthat case required, succeeded r slot OM degree of order 'which 'sacred - Us the vietnry ; "Ind, on this occasion, it was -eumOtao and decisive. ale enemy - lost the best part .or theirlorte, anti ere; totally defeated and dipersed, Laving tin,ier the Wellseand in front. of the bet teries, a;. wards of .1600 anthas many - Avounded, annoy:; Ilion their, grenadiers; who foiigkt .with the eteatest gallantry. And as to,the Spanierde who shit entk . pwr hint I It cannot be by Valour, for. in that quality none sur passes him k lie ..11()W11 no Arms superior to Ins owe, unle,a it be tho'e of intrigue and treason. The event Wag, therefore , such as was to lia%o been ex. petll%). The field .01. battle,, strewed with th e d e ed b,4ieg . , of the French, yitUed a eoesiderabl e booty to our soldiers - and brave oeisantry, who thirs 'got pos sesaion of the plunder they were carrying - oft te theft. -knapsacks, and . also their sabres. and muskets, and acquired the most lionourable triumph of the whole war, that of hUmbling. the pride of the troops who had come from the Nerth. This event so flattering to.the feelings of this brave ciy, renders it impe netrable, and it can be conceit red ordr . ‘vhen there is not an arm left tii deltoid it ? for whilst its inhabi tants and the garrison survive, every breast is a for tress, every house is a castle, and every battery a proof of.skill, talent and' valour." . • m ars h 4 l Moncey having !,umronned the city of .Saragossa to surrender, the Ciipwin-Gdnerai relurn cd ttiefollowing Answer:-- . • " The General in Chief of the Army of Reserve is:responsible tor the cit 3 of Saragossa. This beau tittal city will never surrender. The Imperial Mar shal will -ohserve‘all the laws of war, and will mea. sere his strength with me. I maintain •a commarni .cation with all parts of the. peninsula, and" aril in want of nothing.' Sixty thousand men resolved to fight, - know no other reward than honour, and a s littlt..do .who command them. I hold this honour, and I would not exchange it l'er all the einpircA in the world. • ' • " His Excellency Marshal Moncey -will cover hiroself with glory it he beat* met. with a due üb. servance of all the laws of war r mine will be no Wss do - cod , mysell. What' I Wish to impress open your Excellency-is, that my :troops will light as men - ofhonour; nod that I disown and disavow those' oppressive, Saeastires the old _Marshals al France .held in abhorrence. " A siege is a mutter of no importance to the Man who. is determined •to die honourably,' more. particularly as I already know its effects, from the last siege, .of '6 t days. If I did not then think of surrendering with an inferior force, yol , rExceliency ought not to expea that I.shoiAld.do so. now,. wlien my force,exceeds that of ail the tonnes which sur-; round me... " Tle Spanish blood that h 39 been shed eoN yrs us with glory, in the same proportion° as it retiee.ts ignominy upon the French artn, to Itaye shed it un. justly L. _ _ " - The Marshal of the Empire will reflea, that . - the enthustastn of eleven millions of inhabitants is not to be extinguished.. by opiaession ; and that ,he who resolves to.be free; is %0. it i 3 far from my wish to shed" the-blood .tit' those whtitil I nen ap• pointed to govern; but t herehr tiot one among them who 'would not shed it with pleasure in dutence of his contrtry. The French troops left , yesterday otAr gates afford abnorlan t tonftrinat iotetrof this tt in k, We . have scarcely iost . amen ; .and rconceive that it more properly becomes me to talk to the k(arslial of snr rendering, if hohas not a, mind to lose the whole of hi* .artny .withirt. the walls of this fortress. That. prurience which charaelttises him, and gives firtt the.- reputation of being a gotkd man, cannot beilold sutit havoc with iv.diflerence, more especially as it is not war, nor the SiNtiards, that occasion or autho• rise it. t, If Madrid has caplittlated, Madrid must biiv. r~